Welcome back! Okay, here's where you need to go: Work a bit more on refining the T/Q/R. It should not take but a few minutes to do so. Next, concentrate on creating a radial web that includes all the information you need to support your T/Q/R-thesis statement.
Chuck
Here are the links to the webs you created on 15 March 08:
New York City Orphanages Yellow Team Steven Nguyen
There were many orphanages and orphan asylums in the 19th century. Many of these institutions were founded in New York City to care for destitute children of immigrants from Ireland and Russia, Germany and other eastern European countries.
An Episcopal priest named William Augustus Muhlenberg who came to the town Kings Park in 1869. There he founded St. Luke's Hospital in New York City to help the underprivileged and handicapped, there he realize his dream of an orphanage and home for the disabled and mentally ill in a rural setting.
Information found on: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/orphans/ and http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist005z,0,7966038.story
Steven,
Nice start! You've come up with some really interesting data. I especially liked the census data you found on orphans in New York. Now you need to refine your search. Take a look at the description of the "From There to Here" assignment. You can do so by clicking on the "From There to Here" link at the bottom of the home page. You will find a link to the description on the page that pops up. The task you face is to locate an institution within the borders of "Kingspark" that has an immediate connection to your topic. Double check the "Newsday" piece to see if it has a connection to the area indicated on the map. Where is Kings County? Keep digging! You're on to something!
Chuck
Hebrew Orphan Asylum (Wilson Darko)
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum officially opened in 1860 in a rented townhouse in
Chelsea, where a rabbi and his wife supervised a couple dozen orphaned and half-orphaned
boys and girls. Their tedious daily routine was punctuated by frightening skirmishes with Irish
gangs on the way to public school, and varied only during the high holy days and other religious
holidays, when the children trekked to a different synagogue for each occasion, the Society that
sponsored them being unable to agree as to the particular brand of Judaism with which their
charges were to be instilled.
In this house on Lamartine Place that the children passed the years of the Civil War,
surviving the New York Draft Riots that brought looters to their street (an abolitionist
neighbor escaped the mob across the orphanage’s roof). In 1863, the orphans moved to the
HOA’s new location on East 77th St., an elegant building containing modern conveniences
such as hot and cold running water that was made to house two hundred children. Following
an industrial model, the orphanage taught girls to be domestics and instructed boys in such
trades as shoe-making and printing; its most ambitious enterprise was a print shop that
published a magazine called Young Israel to which Horatio Alger contributed a serialized
novel.
Few children were ever adopted, because most were only half-orphans if they were orphans at
all, as destitute Jewish single parents or relatives used the institution “as a boarding school.”
After only twenty years in their building, a much larger orphanage was needed, and in 1884,
the Hebrew Benevolent Society erected a magnificent new building for the HOA on
Amsterdam Avenue between 136th and 138th Streets at a cost of $750,000 for land and
construction, and annual operating expenses of $60,000. Expenses above and beyond state
allocations were made up by donations from the members of the Benevolent Society, who
were determined to demonstrate the superiority with which New York’s Jews took care of
their own. Soon, over one thousand children were living in the main building, which featured its
own electrical generator, bakery, and even a water filtration system, installed after a dysentery
outbreak in 1898 traced to impurities in the city's water left seven children dead. The HOA
was self-sufficient to a fault, enabling the facility to easily survive a week of isolation following
the great blizzard 1888. It was also meticulous in guarding the health of the children: although
the influenza epidemic of 1918 made many children into orphans, it left the residents of the
HOA untouched. Beyond bullying, bells, and long periods of silence, however, the HOA did
offer both diversion and support.
Despite burgeoning enrollments, the HOA was also slowly dying. For decades,
it had been the nation's premier orphanage, but its building's design so perfectly embodied the
institutional approach to child care that it was incapable of adapting to new social research that
found that children thrive better in group homes and foster care than in large institutions. By
1920, the Hebrew Orphan Asylum was losing its position to the Pleasantville Cottage School,
its rival Jewish orphanage in Westchester. Pleasantville's cottage system, in which small groups
ofchildren of various ages lived together with a house mother who prepared their meals,
exemplified the latest philosophies. In a “game of philanthropic one-upmanship,” the HOA
determined to surpass Pleasantville and regain its preeminence.
For two more decades, the HOA continued to house well over a thousand children at
a time, in addition to fostering-out hundreds more, but its population slowly dwindled until it
was closed in 1941. In 1955, the New York City Parks Department replaced the building with a
playground; today, a plaque commemorates the history of the site, now know as the Jacob H.
Schiff Playground.
Wilson,
Super detail on your information! Remember you need to indicate the source of your information. You can always list the information just below your writing.Have you taken a look at the description for the "From There to Here" assignment? If not you can access it by clicking on the link at the bottom of the home page and then clicking on the description link on the page that pops up. The key to completing the assignment is following leads that will lead you to an institution of place found within the borders of the "Kingspark" area. The area is indicated on the map at the bottom of the description page. Think about doing some additional research on the internet. What words might you type into a Google search to narrow your focus? A hint: I made up the term, "Kingspark." Take a look at my comments to Steven above. Keep at it; you're making good progress.
Chuck
Bibi:
"Orphans in USA Orphanages
New York Orphans Records
As early as 1653, New York City (formerly called New Amsterdam) recognized that it needed to care for the city's minor children, widows, and orphans. In February of that year, the Deacons of the Reformed Dutch Church were appointed to act as Orphan Masters. Their duties were to "keep their eyes open and look as Orphanmasters after widows and orphans..." They were to report to city officials who would appoint cuators if necessary to take care of the estates and effects of these widows and orphaned children.
On February 10, 1653, two men were appointed to act, not as Orphanmasters as originally intended, but as Overseers of Orphans. City officials continued to rule in the Orphan's Court, which had been created by Stuyvesant to "attend to orphans and minor children within the jurisdiction of this city [New York City]"
The Records of this Orphans' Court have been published as "Minutes of the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam 1655-1663" by Berthold Fernow and "The Minutes of the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam 1663-1668" translated by Edmund B. O'Callaghan. Genealogists can also consult The Records of New Amsterdam : From 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini by Berthold Fernow
There were may orphanages and orphan asylums in the 19th century. I have begun transcribing records for as many of these as possible
Some New York early orphanages were
Half Orphan Asylum for Destitute and Abandoned Children
Leake and Watts Orphan House
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum (I have been transcribing these records)
Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn
Old Schuler Mansion, Albany
Westchester-Temporary Home for Destitute Children in White Plains opened in 1885 "
BIbi,
Nice addition to the material Wilson found! What you should do now is begin to narrow your focus. Start with finding out in any of the above asylums were located in the Bronx, in particular, the "Kingspark" area. If you have not done so already, take a look at the directions for the "From There to Here" assignment. Your team's objective is to find an institution that directly related to the topic of orphanages in NYC that was located within the borders of the "Kingspark" area. At the bottom of the description page you will find a map that shows you the borders of the area. Another thing you should begin to do is find other websites that have information on orphanages in NYC and begin to narrow your focus down to the Bronx. What might you type into a Google search to narrow for focus? You've made a great start! Let me know if you need any help.
Chuck
We are studying the roman catholic orphan's asylum on Kingsbridge Road, because we want to learn about the living conditions of the orphans in the asylum, in order to understand how their adult life was affected by being raised there Hey Yellow Team! I was really impressed with your work last Saturday. Now it's time to do a bit of tweeking of your T/Q/R. Are you actually "proving" the living conditions at the RCOA. Or are you identifying and describing the conditions? Which of the posted documents are you using for this information? The "R" part of your statement is very good. Here, however, you again will need to ask yourself what kind of dcoumentation will you use? Keep plowing; you are almost ready to write!!
Welcome back! Okay, here's where you need to go: Work a bit more on refining the T/Q/R. It should not take but a few minutes to do so. Next, concentrate on creating a radial web that includes all the information you need to support your T/Q/R-thesis statement.
Chuck
Here are the links to the webs you created on 15 March 08:
Bibi_Buksh_Web.jpg
Steven_Nguyen_Web.jpg
Wilson_Darko_Web.jpg
New York City Orphanages Yellow Team Steven Nguyen
There were many orphanages and orphan asylums in the 19th century. Many of these institutions were founded in New York City to care for destitute children of immigrants from Ireland and Russia, Germany and other eastern European countries.
An Episcopal priest named William Augustus Muhlenberg who came to the town Kings Park in 1869. There he founded St. Luke's Hospital in New York City to help the underprivileged and handicapped, there he realize his dream of an orphanage and home for the disabled and mentally ill in a rural setting.
Information found on:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/orphans/ and
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist005z,0,7966038.story
Steven,
Nice start! You've come up with some really interesting data. I especially liked the census data you found on orphans in New York. Now you need to refine your search. Take a look at the description of the "From There to Here" assignment. You can do so by clicking on the "From There to Here" link at the bottom of the home page. You will find a link to the description on the page that pops up. The task you face is to locate an institution within the borders of "Kingspark" that has an immediate connection to your topic. Double check the "Newsday" piece to see if it has a connection to the area indicated on the map. Where is Kings County? Keep digging! You're on to something!
Chuck
Hebrew Orphan Asylum (Wilson Darko)
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum officially opened in 1860 in a rented townhouse in
Chelsea, where a rabbi and his wife supervised a couple dozen orphaned and half-orphaned
boys and girls. Their tedious daily routine was punctuated by frightening skirmishes with Irish
gangs on the way to public school, and varied only during the high holy days and other religious
holidays, when the children trekked to a different synagogue for each occasion, the Society that
sponsored them being unable to agree as to the particular brand of Judaism with which their
charges were to be instilled.
In this house on Lamartine Place that the children passed the years of the Civil War,
surviving the New York Draft Riots that brought looters to their street (an abolitionist
neighbor escaped the mob across the orphanage’s roof). In 1863, the orphans moved to the
HOA’s new location on East 77th St., an elegant building containing modern conveniences
such as hot and cold running water that was made to house two hundred children. Following
an industrial model, the orphanage taught girls to be domestics and instructed boys in such
trades as shoe-making and printing; its most ambitious enterprise was a print shop that
published a magazine called Young Israel to which Horatio Alger contributed a serialized
novel.
Few children were ever adopted, because most were only half-orphans if they were orphans at
all, as destitute Jewish single parents or relatives used the institution “as a boarding school.”
After only twenty years in their building, a much larger orphanage was needed, and in 1884,
the Hebrew Benevolent Society erected a magnificent new building for the HOA on
Amsterdam Avenue between 136th and 138th Streets at a cost of $750,000 for land and
construction, and annual operating expenses of $60,000. Expenses above and beyond state
allocations were made up by donations from the members of the Benevolent Society, who
were determined to demonstrate the superiority with which New York’s Jews took care of
their own. Soon, over one thousand children were living in the main building, which featured its
own electrical generator, bakery, and even a water filtration system, installed after a dysentery
outbreak in 1898 traced to impurities in the city's water left seven children dead. The HOA
was self-sufficient to a fault, enabling the facility to easily survive a week of isolation following
the great blizzard 1888. It was also meticulous in guarding the health of the children: although
the influenza epidemic of 1918 made many children into orphans, it left the residents of the
HOA untouched. Beyond bullying, bells, and long periods of silence, however, the HOA did
offer both diversion and support.
Despite burgeoning enrollments, the HOA was also slowly dying. For decades,
it had been the nation's premier orphanage, but its building's design so perfectly embodied the
institutional approach to child care that it was incapable of adapting to new social research that
found that children thrive better in group homes and foster care than in large institutions. By
1920, the Hebrew Orphan Asylum was losing its position to the Pleasantville Cottage School,
its rival Jewish orphanage in Westchester. Pleasantville's cottage system, in which small groups
ofchildren of various ages lived together with a house mother who prepared their meals,
exemplified the latest philosophies. In a “game of philanthropic one-upmanship,” the HOA
determined to surpass Pleasantville and regain its preeminence.
For two more decades, the HOA continued to house well over a thousand children at
a time, in addition to fostering-out hundreds more, but its population slowly dwindled until it
was closed in 1941. In 1955, the New York City Parks Department replaced the building with a
playground; today, a plaque commemorates the history of the site, now know as the Jacob H.
Schiff Playground.
Wilson,
Super detail on your information! Remember you need to indicate the source of your information. You can always list the information just below your writing.Have you taken a look at the description for the "From There to Here" assignment? If not you can access it by clicking on the link at the bottom of the home page and then clicking on the description link on the page that pops up. The key to completing the assignment is following leads that will lead you to an institution of place found within the borders of the "Kingspark" area. The area is indicated on the map at the bottom of the description page. Think about doing some additional research on the internet. What words might you type into a Google search to narrow your focus? A hint: I made up the term, "Kingspark." Take a look at my comments to Steven above. Keep at it; you're making good progress.
Chuck
Bibi:
"Orphans in USA Orphanages
New York Orphans Records
As early as 1653, New York City (formerly called New Amsterdam) recognized that it needed to care for the city's minor children, widows, and orphans. In February of that year, the Deacons of the Reformed Dutch Church were appointed to act as Orphan Masters. Their duties were to "keep their eyes open and look as Orphanmasters after widows and orphans..." They were to report to city officials who would appoint cuators if necessary to take care of the estates and effects of these widows and orphaned children.
On February 10, 1653, two men were appointed to act, not as Orphanmasters as originally intended, but as Overseers of Orphans. City officials continued to rule in the Orphan's Court, which had been created by Stuyvesant to "attend to orphans and minor children within the jurisdiction of this city [New York City]"
The Records of this Orphans' Court have been published as "Minutes of the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam 1655-1663" by Berthold Fernow and "The Minutes of the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam 1663-1668" translated by Edmund B. O'Callaghan. Genealogists can also consult The Records of New Amsterdam : From 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini by Berthold Fernow
There were may orphanages and orphan asylums in the 19th century. I have begun transcribing records for as many of these as possible
Some New York early orphanages were
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/orphans/ [scroll down to find this info]
BIbi,
Nice addition to the material Wilson found! What you should do now is begin to narrow your focus. Start with finding out in any of the above asylums were located in the Bronx, in particular, the "Kingspark" area. If you have not done so already, take a look at the directions for the "From There to Here" assignment. Your team's objective is to find an institution that directly related to the topic of orphanages in NYC that was located within the borders of the "Kingspark" area. At the bottom of the description page you will find a map that shows you the borders of the area. Another thing you should begin to do is find other websites that have information on orphanages in NYC and begin to narrow your focus down to the Bronx. What might you type into a Google search to narrow for focus? You've made a great start! Let me know if you need any help.
Chuck
Link to list of NYC asylums/orphanages/hospital (Wilson)
http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Census/1900/1910.Institution.ED.html
T /Q /R
We are studying the roman catholic orphan's asylum on Kingsbridge Road, because we want to learn about the living conditions of the orphans in the asylum, in order to understand how their adult life was affected by being raised there
Hey Yellow Team! I was really impressed with your work last Saturday. Now it's time to do a bit of tweeking of your T/Q/R. Are you actually "proving" the living conditions at the RCOA. Or are you identifying and describing the conditions? Which of the posted documents are you using for this information? The "R" part of your statement is very good. Here, however, you again will need to ask yourself what kind of dcoumentation will you use? Keep plowing; you are almost ready to write!!